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Quarry Park Viewpoint & B Lane via Meadow Lane is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Quarry Park near Rocky Hill, CT. The route reaches Quarry Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 161 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Great Meadow Road 41.66820, -72.63135
Nearest town Rocky Hill, CT

Directions

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Quarry Park Viewpoint & B Lane via Meadow Lane

3.8 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 4–160 ft

Out & Back · Quarry Park

Trailhead: Great Meadow Road · 41.66820, -72.63135

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 245 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Great Meadow Road, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto B Lane, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Meadow Lane, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miReach Quarry Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto B Lane, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Great Meadow Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

19% other8% gravel73% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F63°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity84%
Rained 2″ yesterday (4.8″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed 82°65°
Thu 93°70° 34%
Fri 96°72° 38%
Sat 94°72° 39%
Sun 95°68° 20%
Mon 95°74° 17%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 245 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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